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George Orwell and Communist Poland is the first major account of George Orwell's Polish reception during WWII and the cold war.
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Sylvia Topp
Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen - this is the story of George Orwell’s first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one of twentieth…
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This book offers a comprehensive view of Orwell's thought and writing via forty-eight chapters written by an international team of Orwell specialists. It addresses familiar topics--such as Orwell's journalism--and also…
George Orwell
In Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell's Dystopian vision comes to life. Set in an imagined future, the people live under a totalitarian regime where 'Big Brother' is always watching. And…
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell’s timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in…
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Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and…
Explores everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means.
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and…
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This is Orwell’s record of a period in the late 1920s when he lived among the tramps of London and Paris. Orwell’s publishers initially took the book as a sign…
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George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline, a new set of false teeth - and a desperate desire to escape his dreary…
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Key reading for 2018- Orwell’s moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change
The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London…
It is difficult to think of a book which has had a greater impact on 20th-century culture and language than Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four - it introduced phrases such as Big…
They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to seven commandments.
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To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just…
When Flory, a white timber merchant, befriends Indian Dr Veraswami, he defies this orthodoxy. The doctor is in danger: U Po Kyin, a corrupt magistrate, is plotting his downfall. The…
In the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to appease the needs of the Party. Inwardly, he rebels against the totalitarian world…
Can he find the strength to do right not only by his friend, but also by his conscience?Orwell moves between grand-scale political scheming and intimate social settings, mining his own…
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
A deluxe 75th anniversary edition of the most iconic British novel of the twentieth century, with an introduction by Sandra Newman, author of Julia and exclusive archival material
Ever since its publication in 1949, George Orwell’s terrifying vision of a totalitarian regime where Big Brother controls its citizens like ‘a boot stamping on a human face’ has become…
In his engrossing dystopian novel 1984, Orwell created the world of Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, 2 + 2 = 5, and the memory hole. 1984 is…
Brilliant essays from Orwell’s political writing during World War II, released to coincide with Orwell Day on the 21st of January.
Fascism and Democracy collects five brilliant examples of Orwell’s…
An account of author’s experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd ‘solely to avoid looking a fool’. This title features…
Orwell's chillingly resonant allegorical fable, with an introduction and study notes
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they…
Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a ‘good job’ in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write…
Orwell's memoir of living in poverty in Paris during the 1920s.
'You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated…
Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.
This is Orwell's memoir of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War - a groundbreaking work of dissident literature drawn…
A Fairy Story with a difference.
Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry
‘The general uncertainty as to what…
In his engrossing dystopian novel 1984, Orwell created the world of Big Brother, doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Room 101, 2 + 2 = 5, and the memory hole. 1984 is even…
Orwell’s peerless satire, in Penguin Clothbound Classics for the first time
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Subhash Jaireth
In his new collection of essays Subhash Jaireth traverses the globe in an exploration of the personal and collective memory held within natural and built landscapes.
His roving curiosity takes…
284 pages, thousands of illustrations, two years of work resulting in a world-class graphic novel. Undisputably one of the best works in the world of comics.
Orwell’s classic satire ANIMAL FARM continues to be an international best seller. For the first time ever, ORWELL AND POLITICS brings this major work together with the author’s other works…
This volume brings together Orwell’s powerful writings of his personal experiences of poverty and life outside mainstream society. The complete texts of DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON is…
Dorian Lynskey
In The Ministry of Truth, Dorian Lynskey charts the life of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four: one of the most influential books of the 20th Century, a perennial bestseller, and a…
A beautiful graphic adaptation of Orwell’s timeless and timely allegorical novel.
Including Homage to Catalonia , Orwell’s profound experience of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, this title also contains Orwell’s essays, letters and pamphlets, which show his resolution to tell…
Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the…
These essays, reviews and articles describe the life and work of this writer.
Hidden away in the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian…
A new and definitive edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four, introduced and annotated by Orwell’s prize-winning biographer. With additional content from Orwell himself.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The year is 1984, and life in Oceania is ruled by the Party. Under the gaze…
This essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. In it, Orwell argues that when political discourse trades clarity and precision for stock phrases, the debasement of politics…
This new centennial edition is the masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment, where war is peace, freedom is slavery, and Big Brother is watching.
